Permanent Wound Care Job in Alexandria, Louisiana

• Position Type: Permanent
• Recruited Specialty: Wound Care
• Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
• Structure of Position: Single-Specialty Group, Multi-Specialty Group, Contract
• Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
• Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
• Expected ER Call Coverage: No call

Wound Care Specialist - Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, MD/DO - Monroe & Alexandria, Louisiana

If the idea of working 24/7 with high-stress or very sick patients in a hospital or office (a high malpractice risk associated with relatively low pay) no longer excites you, this may be the job for you. Our growing nursing home wound care practice is in need of MD/DO/ARNP/PA.

Flexible work hours, no night or weekend calls, great staff to work with, well compensated.

Wound Care Specialist Duties:

• Manage wound care in the nursing home environment
• Staff Physicians supervise Physician Assistants / Nurse Practitioners
• Educate personnel. Experience is helpful but not required

Wound Care Specialist Job Description:

• We expect you to read the materials assigned to study and demonstrate this with documents and conversation.
• It takes about a month to learn the basics, 3 months to start to feel comfortable, 1 year to know wound care.
• This is a day job, Monday through Friday. No nights or weekends. But we do expect you to be available by cell phone 24/7.
• We group the facilities by location and assign them to a physician/ARNP. The physician/ARNP visits these facilities weekly and manages the care of the patient's wounds.

Wound care involves:

• Assessing the patient (complete H&P). Special attention is paid to disorders that increase the risks of wound formation.
• Debridement of wounds
• Order appropriate dressings
• Ordering other appropriate medications and instructions
• Educating the nursing staff
• Communication with PCP, family and clinical team as needed.

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• Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
• Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
• Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible, Board Ineligible
• Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card
• Preferred Experience Level: (not specified)
• Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes